FM SOUNDS & SAMPLES

Spitfire Audio – Albion Solstice £399

While some orchestral sample library producers focus on creating ever more realistic, playable or usable core instrument collections, others pursue less well-trodden paths. The prolific crew at Spitfire Audio seem to manage both, offering ever greater breadth and depth with each new release. Although not exclusively so, their products tend to be geared predominantly at those writing for TV, film or game soundtracks. However, as previously mentioned on these pages, many would find use in any production looking for a less obvious palette.

Besides spending time on the recording and playability of their sounds, Spitfire also put considerable effort into creating presets that employ the underlying samples in interesting ways. This